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Richton Mississippi Map

Explore Richton, Mississippi, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Richton, Mississippi

How to Use This Richton, Mississippi Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Richton, Mississippi. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Mississippi or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Richton.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Richton
State	Mississippi (MS)
County	Madison County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	31.34948
Longitude	-88.940739
Population	920
Density	154.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	39110, 39476
Area Code	601
County Seat	Canton
School District	Richton School District

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About Richton, Mississippi

Richton is a locality in Madison County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 920. The population density is 154.8 people per km². Richton is located at 31.3495°N, 88.9407°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Richton is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 39110, 39476.

Richton occupies a quiet stretch of land where the earth rises in low, undulating swells, cloaked in the deep, verdant density of pine forests. It lies 7.0 miles west-southwest of Canton, MS (from Canton, MS: bearing 251°T), and is situated 8.3 miles north-northwest of Madison. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness, particularly when the afternoon light slants low to cast long, spindly shadows across the undergrowth. Panther Creek traces a narrow, serpentine path through the terrain just one mile from the center, its water moving with a deliberate, muddy patience toward the larger basins of the interior. To the east, the silhouette of Beech Ridge marks the horizon like a serrated edge, while the calm surface of Lake Ta-ho mirrors the shifting clouds only two miles away, providing a liquid clarity to the surrounding woodland.

Richton preserves the steady, measured pace of a place defined by the timber trade and the agricultural cycles of the pine belt. Generations have worked the surrounding soil and forest, building a character that remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons rather than the frantic pulse of industrial centers. A few miles out, the quiet expanse of Reunion Park offers a space where the native grasses and thickets remain largely undisturbed, serving as a reminder of the landscape before the sawmills arrived. The economy here persists through a quiet industry, where the sound of wind moving through high pine needles often drowns out the hum of passing vehicles, leaving the inhabitants to carry on their tasks in a solitude that feels both heavy and profound.

Nearby Outdoor Places

De Soto National Forest (National Forest) — 5.8 mi, 360° N · 532k acres
Private (State Conservation Area) — 10.4 mi, 352° N
Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center/De Soto National Forest Fee (Conservation Area) — 11.4 mi, 188° S
Restricted Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.2 mi, 092° E
De Soto Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 17.9 mi, 231° SW · 234 acres
Gold Star Families Memorial Monument (Monument) — 19.7 mi, 238° SW
Wounded Combat Veterans (Monument) — 19.7 mi, 238° SW
Sarah Gillespie Museum (Museum) — 20.8 mi, 262° W
Lucille Parker Gallery (Gallery) — 20.9 mi, 262° W
Paul B. Johnson State Park (State Park) — 22.1 mi, 233° SW
Bonhomie (Monument) — 22.3 mi, 259° W
Lofty Return (Public Artwork) — 23.2 mi, 266° W
Black Creek, Mississippi Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 23.2 mi, 200° S · 5,668 acres
Leaf Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 24.1 mi, 158° S · 993 acres
Black Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 24.2 mi, 192° S · 5,084 acres
Laurel Little Theatre (Theatre) — 26.3 mi, 335° NW
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art (Museum) — 26.4 mi, 335° NW
Greene County Museum (Museum) — 26.7 mi, 120° SE
Waynesboro City Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 29.0 mi, 037° NE
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ms (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.0 mi, 226° SW · 20k acres
Shubuta Red Water Artesian Well (Attraction) — 38.1 mi, 022° N
The Fortress (Historic Castle / Fort) — 43.1 mi, 225° SW
Wiggins Stadium (Stadium) — 54.5 mi, 097° E
Old Saint Stephens Archaeological Site (Historic Ruins) — 55.2 mi, 075° E
St. Patrick Theatre (Theatre) — 55.3 mi, 185° S
Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 58.8 mi, 171° S · 57k acres
Red Bluff (Viewpoint) — 59.3 mi, 269° W
World’s “Largest Rocker” (Attraction) — 63.0 mi, 191° S
Gulf Islands National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 65.5 mi, 172° S · 213k acres
Saenger Theater for the Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 65.9 mi, 177° S

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